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Of Mice and Men chapters 1-2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does the story take place?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Mexico

c)

California

d)

Oklahoma

2.

What was Lennie keeping in his pocket?

a)

a lucky rabbit's foot

b)

a dead mouse

c)

butterscotch candy

d)

a can of beans

3.

What did Lennie and George eat for dinner that first night?

a)

beans

b)

a Big Mac

c)

fish they caught

d)

ketchup

4.

What happened to Lennie's Aunt Clara?

a)

She moved

b)

She decided she couldn't take care of Lennie anymore

c)

She died

d)

She lost her house

5.

What did George tell Lennie to do if he ever got in trouble again?

a)

Call his Aunt Clara

b)

Run into town

c)

Hide in the brush by the river

d)

turn himself in

6.

What are you able to infer about Lennie in the first chapter?

a)

he is a very bright, articulate young man

b)

he is childlike and idolizes George

c)

he is a mean, cranky old man

d)

He used to be wealthy but lost everything is the stock market crash

7.

What does Lennie beg George to tell him over and over again?

a)

The story of the day he was born

b)

An old ghost story

c)

About how they are going to get their own place and live off the "fatta of the land"

d)

About how George met Lennie

8.

What is Lennie's last name?

a)

Bear

b)

Big

c)

Small

d)

Milton

9.

When the boss asked George why they left Weed, what did George tell him?

a)

The job was done

b)

They didn't like the boss

c)

The work was too hard

d)

They had gotten into trouble

10.

The author characterize Curley as what type of person?

a)

Sweet and kind

b)

Generous and welcoming

c)

Pugnacious and mean

d)

intelligent and hard working

11.

What did Slim do with four of the puppies his dog Lulu gave birth to?

a)

Found them a home on another ranch.

b)

Gave them to Curley's wife

c)

Gave them to Carlson

d)

Drowned them

12.

What do we find out about the old swamper (Candy) based on Steinbeck's description of him?

a)

He has a red beard

b)

He is missing a hand

c)

He used to be a jockey

d)

He is a young man who just came to the ranch

13.

Why does Curley's wife come into the bunk house?

a)

She needs help up at the main house

b)

She is looking for the puppies

c)

She thinks she lost an earring there

d)

She is looking for her husband, Curley

14.

Is George really Lennie's cousin or did he lie?

a)

He lied to the boss

b)

They are brothers not cousins

c)

George is Lennie's cousin

d)

They are actually strangers

15.

What really happened in Weed that forced George and Lennie to hide and look for new jobs in a different town?

a)

George stole money from the boss

b)

Lennie touched a woman's dress and she got the wrong idea

c)

Lennie got into a fight

d)

George could not handle the workload